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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the CIA established?
(a) 1935.
(b) 1888.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1947.

2. What was the maiden name of Moe Berg's mother?
(a) Estella Huni.
(b) Rose Tashke.
(c) Mary Collins.
(d) Linda McCarthy.

3. Where did Moe Berg grow up after the age of three?
(a) Washington D.C.
(b) Buffalo, NY.
(c) Boston, MA.
(d) Newark, NJ.

4. What two players other than Moe Berg went to Japan to teach baseball seminars at Japanese universities during the winter of 1932?
(a) Niels Bohr and Harry Broley.
(b) John Kieran and Tony Calvert.
(c) Lefty O'Doul and Ted Lyons.
(d) Walther Bothe and Otto Hahn.

5. What was Moe Berg's batting average after the 1932 season?
(a) .185.
(b) .312.
(c) .118.
(d) .236.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what high school did Moe Berg graduate?

2. What was Moe Berg's major for which he earned a B.A. degree?

3. How many games did Moe Berg play in the 1932 season?

4. When was OIAA established?

5. Moe Berg went to Saint Luke's Hospital ostensibly to visit the daughter of what American ambassador?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was John Kieran credited with in Chapter 1, "The Public Berg: Professor Moe"?

2. Where did Moe Berg take a non-baseball-related job in 1930 in Chapter 6, "You Never Knew He Was Around"?

3. What happened academically and in Moe Berg's sports career in 1929 in Chapter 5, "Good Field, No Hit"?

4. How is Moe Berg's relationship with the press described in Chapter 1, "The Public Berg: Professor Moe"? What were Berg's academic qualities?

5. What university did Moe enter in 1919? What was his demeanor there described as?

6. Describe Moe Berg's baseball career in the 1924-1925 seasons in Chapter 5, "Good Field, No Hit." For what teams did Moe play?

7. How does the author describe Moe Berg's impact on those around him in the Prologue?

8. What theory does the author put forth regarding Bernard Berg's relationship with his children in Chapter 2, "Youth: Runt Wolfe"?

9. Why did Moe Berg begin the 1926 season late in Chapter 5, "Good Field, No Hit"?

10. What led to Moe Berg's second Japan trip in Chapter 7, "Strange Foreigner with Camera"? What other ballplayers went on the tour?

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